IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
Saturday, Dec 8 Winter Wonderland Craft & Vendor Fair 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in gym/café
Sunday, Dec 9 Scrip sales after 10:30 a.m. Mass
Mon-Fri, Dec 10-14 Santa’s Kottage
Tuesday, Dec 11 8th Grade Student of the Month after 8:15 a.m. Mass
Wednesday, Dec 12 11:15 a.m. Dismissal, NO ABC Club, No afternoon bus
Thursday, Dec 13 Book Club 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec 15 Scrip sales after 4:30 p.m. Mass
Sunday, Dec 16 Scrip sales after 10:30 a.m. Mass
Tuesday, Dec 18 Advent Rosary 1:40 p.m.
Friday, Dec 21 11:15 a.m. dismissal, End of 2nd Quarter, begin Christmas Break
Thursday, Jan 3 Classes Resume, Blood Drive 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Fellowship Hall
Friday, Jan 4 Student of the Month after 8:15 a.m. Mass, 3 Kings Visit School
Wednesday, Jan 9 Papa John’s Pizza Night
Friday, Jan 11 Honor Roll Presentation after 8:15 a.m. Mass
Friday, Jan 18 NO BUS SERVICE. Unit 10 is off. SSPP has FULL DAY of school.
Monday, Jan 21 NO SCHOOL. Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday, Jan 22 Chess Club 2:30-3:15 p.m.
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SCRIP: Plan ahead for your Christmas shopping and help the school earn money on each purchase! Call the school office for more information!
Scrip is a fundraising program that uses shopping with gifts cards. Over 750 brands including Walgreens, Amazon, Home Depot, Kohls, and Walmart are available. We will accept cash, check, or credit card. If we do not have the gift card you would like in stock, we can also take orders.
Support Ss. Peter and Paul School while shopping for Christmas presents or everyday needs!
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Dec 12 is 11:15 a.m. Dismissal for Intruder Instructions for faculty & staff Jason Ramert and his team from the Illinois State Police will be instructing and conducting a simulated Intruder Drill with the faculty and staff of the school and parish. Students will be dismissed at 11:15 am on December 12th. There will be no ABC Care that afternoon as the ABC staff will need to attend this workshop as well. Thank you for understanding the importance of this type of instruction.
Christmas Families- School Service Project
Advent is the time of year that we thank God for all that He has given to us by sharing with others. The school has 10 families that are in need of help. Please help make this Christmas special for them.
A list of what the families need is available at the following link:
signup.com/go/LDrycKN
If you can help make this Christmas a little brighter for these families, please pick something off of the list, mark it with the appropriate family number and deliver to school as soon as possible. If you are unable to purchase an item, please consider a monetary donation for SSPP to purchase items for a Christmas dinner. Classes will pair up to wrap the gifts during the last week of school before Christmas break. Please pray about this and help as you see fit. Thank you for your support and generosity!
December 7, 2018 Backpack News Ss. Peter & Paul School
Student Council
Student Council will be selling candy grams during lunch next week, 12/10-12/14. The cost is $1 per candy gram. Students may send candy grams to any student or faculty member. The proceeds will be used to buy Christmas dinners for those in need. Candy grams will be delivered on Thursday, December 20th.
The Christmas Star From A Far
Put Christ into the Advent and Christmas Season!! This is the Christian version of Elf on the Shelf. The Christmas Star from Afar encourages children to go on a hunt for their Star, similar to that of the Wise Men. If you would like to see a set, please stop by the parish or school office or after Mass where we will have an open sample. Each $35 set includes the activity book with a wooden Star, a full wooden nativity scene that matches the artwork of the book, and optional scripture to use throughout the month. A set of additional stable animals is $20. Cash or check payable to Ss. Peter & Paul.
Holiday Nuts are here!
$10 per 1 lb bag: Pecan Halves, Toasted Pecan Halves, Cashews, English Walnuts, Mixed Nuts (Pecans, Cashews, Almonds, Brazil nuts, Hazelnuts… NO PEANUTS!). See LouAnne in the Gathering Space before or after Masses or at the school office. Thanks for your continued support of the school’s Annual Fund and 8th grade class trip.
Life Savings School Grant Program
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School will hold a Blood Drive on Thursday, January 3rd from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. This Program offers grant dollars to qualifying schools to be used for payment for education expenses. For guidelines and eligibility, see application at www.bloodcenter.org/lifesavings
Inserts in today’s Friday Folders: Picture Retakes, Christmas Scrip for Teachers/Staff, Saturday Instructional Volleyball League (3&4), Church Bulletin, Christmas Ornaments